How does Dragon Naturally Speaking provide comfort and guidance? I am a lay minister with the calling of giving blessings to members of several congregations near my home. My title is Patriarch. My duties are patterned after the biblical patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They received blessing from God and in turned blessed their posterity. That is what I do. Any church member has the opportunity of receiving a blessing just as the twelve sons of Jacob received a patriarchal blessing from...
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Life is an adventure which finds you doing and saying things altogether unexpected. “Speaking Dragon” into my laptop as I creatively compose my first novel has presented itself an altogether unexpected and remarkably prolific adventure, by its own definition. Traveling through New Zealand for an incredible 6 month journey, I conjured up all sorts of stories to share. During this action packed adventure I was often swept away with the activities at hand. Using the Dragon software with...
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I use Dragonspeak regularly to help Hospice patients protect their memories for their families and generations to come. I volunteer with two hospices to conduct oral history interviews with their patients. I later transfer their interviews to CD, and a written transcription. Dragonspeak saves me hours in the transcription process. I could not accomplish as much as I do without this valuable tool.
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I work for a landscaping company and we were recently involved in doing a presentation for a city park redesign bid. We needed to put it together as quickly as possible. I walked through the park with the architect as he recorded all his notes on the existing site conditions, ideas for redesign, and any other interesting points into a digital recorder. I was then able to observe, listen, and contribute some of my own thoughts, instead of spending all my time furiously taking notes. I then downloaded...
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I am a consultant to nonprofits with clients many clients that are at that distance where it is hard to know whether to fly or drive (250-400 miles). I have found that I do my best writing while on the road - thanks to Dragon NS. My laptop sits on the passenger seat and with headset on I just let the muse lead me. What is really nice is that I don't had any awkwardness during times of protracted silence. whereas not speaking a word for several minutes while sitting at my desk with itself become...
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As a regularly published author, I try each year to go on a retreat where I can spend three weeks doing nothing but writing on a particular project. However, after a lifetime of abusing my poor eyes by constant reading and writing, they have decided to rebel. Now, after about thirty minutes of staring hard at the computer screen, the strain is more than they can bear and they simply stop focusing. Therefore, any creativity goes out the window (this applies to handwriting also). Earlier this year...
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Armed with my digital recorders, I'm out in the field taking statements and recording notes. This is the life of an independent claims adjuster; a lot of facts and a lot of data. During the long drives back and forth in North and South Carolina, the recorders come in handy once again organizing and capturing thoughts. I keep two of them going. Dragon can transcribe most of it; enough to put together a final report and get the job done fast. When you're self-employed, time is money so you...
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My name is Brad Hobbs and I am a faithful Dragon naturally speaking user. I write a daily blog about a passion of mine. I am a tennis junkie and since my accident in high school playing baseball when I dove headfirst into home plate and broke my neck leaving me a high level complete quadriplegic and ventilator dependent to breathe, I gave up on writing again. After my accident, was forced to dictate my thoughts to a nurse in order to do my high school homework. t was very difficult to have to share...
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The only way I've used DNS socially is in interactions on a text-based mud where sometimes you just don't feel like typing. I will admit, I'm more proned to stuff more into a sentence when I'm not stuck needing to type in all the words myself!
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I am a licensed psychologist in private practice, specializing in mobile forensic psychological assessments. I administer psychological batteries in the field (juvenile justice facilities, foster homes) on a weekly basis. I began using Dragon Naturally Speaking approximately three years ago. I needed a quicker, more efficient method to complete my evaluations in a timely manner especially with upcoming court dates looming. My reports are needed to help determine therapeutic treatment services for...
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As a person whose first language is not English, but is required to speak English fluently while here in America, Dragon system has helped me tremendously in developing my speaking skills. Since my daily routine involves a regular 9 to 5 work schedule, during which there is no opportunity to make friends, I have had to find another way to network in order to have a social life. That is where Dragon system has come in handy. While out and about, talking lightly with people that I have come in contact...
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This may be a little different application then you would expect but I have used Dragon Naturally Speaking to control a large finish line here at Wood Mode. The operator gives the command and assigns the proper finish to each pallet. They also give the color of finish and that is viewed by the paint mixers. Dragon Naturally Speaking is interfaced with a SCADA ( system control and Data acquisition) which controls the machine that operate the finish system. We were able to save the cost of one man's...
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As a Dragon naturally speaking user or at least 10 years ,I believe this new product will help me with my field inspections. I am part of a team that verifies the loss of the applicant's personal property after a disaster. We have to describe the damage in the field and observe and record the personal property loss after the disaster. It's very difficult to carry paper and write under these extreme circumstances. All this information must be downloaded onto a program in which contains a set...
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I am in the process of writing a book, which I have found to be more difficult than I thought it would be. When I started I used a word processor on my computer, typing and typing and typing. I soon discovered that I was just putting words down as they came into my head, and I found myself wandering with little concern for continuity. It was obvious that when I fired up the word processor I simply started adding these words to my masterpiece. When I took the time to read what I had written, I realized...
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Dragon Contest As a film-maker, I found that I wrote my screenplays, mostly dialogue, much better by TALKING them into a tape recorder. I did so before the advent of ViaVoice, and had to transcribe the tapes myself. Once ViaVoice came into being, later bought by DNS, I continued the practice. When I gave up film-making in 1990 and began writing novels, I continued this practice of talking into my Olympus (in my view the best of the tiny recorders.) After a lot of anguish (before DNS got techies that...
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I am a Peacekeeper in an online virtual reality universe. We Peacekeepers are a voluntary group of online citizens, who help as we can in the Activeworlds virtual reality community. We help new and regular users who come to Activeworlds. We assist Activeworlds.com personnel, by providing an online presence, for citizens and users to find help and advice. We assist users in disputes and try to prevent harassment of any user by others regardless of the form, be it verbal abuse or harassment, racism...
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I am a psychiatric nurse for 38+ years. I had the opportunity to take care of my mother with Alzheimer’s and work for a Psychiatrist out of my home. Since there are many phoning calls during the day. I have to document what the conversation was about, the Dr. orders, and the response of the patient. I use an old Dragon program and after dictating I find many mistakes that have to be corrected. The time it should take to do my job does take longer due to this continuous checking of my documentation...
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Having MS, Parkinsons, Hepatitis C, severe loss of eye-sight and hearing, and a great many other physical disabilities, I thought I was going to have to stop doing my many charities and volunteer work. I am the lead facilitator for the "Richard Tucher Memorial Hepatitis C Support Network, the co-facilitator and tech support for the Wenatchee Area MS Self-help Support Group, I am either the creator or Admin for 5 support groups on Facebook, and a great many other places online, with over 25,000...
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NEVER LET AN IMPORTANT IDEA SLIP: I have been using Dragon software for the better part of ten years now. For the most part, I use it currently when I am on the road and when I am working with our dogs. On the road, as a volunteer driver, I sometimes clock 6000 km a month. A lot of that time, I am alone, returning after dropping a client or heading out to pick someone up. I use my voice-activated Sony digital recorder to dictate field notes, story ideas, and general information that is then transcribed...
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